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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Graph Engine vs. InterSystems Caché vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Graph Engine vs. InterSystems Caché vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineA multi-model DBMS and application serverRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#240  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#35  Key-value stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comwww.graphengine.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.intersystems.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperCockroach LabsCognitectMicrosoftInterSystemsSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20152012201019971992
Current release23.1.1, May 20231.0.6735, June 20232018.1.4, May 202017, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, Clojure.NET and C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM.NETAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesdepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)optional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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